This book directs critical attention to one of the most ubiquitous and
yet under-analyzed games, Minecraft. Drawing on three years of
ethnographic fieldwork into mobile games in Australian homes, the
authors seek to take Minecraft seriously as a cultural practice. The
book examines how Minecraft players engage in a form of gameplay that
is uniquely intergenerational, creative, and playful, and which moves
ambivalently throughout everyday life. At the intersection of digital
media, quotidian literacy, and ethnography, the book situates
interdisciplinary debates around mundane play through the lens of
Minecraft. Ultimately, Exploring Minecraft seeks to coalesce the
discussion between formal and informal learning, fostering new forms of
digital media creativity and ethnographic innovation around the analysis
of games in everyday life.